The submission should focus on:

1. Where does our drinking water come from and how might we best preserve this resource for future generations? Explore water cycles, municipal systems, aquifer and groundwater profiling.
2. How much does our water cost – financially, environmentally, socially? A comparison between tap water and bottled water or juice made with tap water versus juice boxes, the phenomenal waste generated by plastic bottles as well as the tremendous water wastage for producing plastic, full cost accounting.
3. How essential is water to life on this planet – and specifically to our species, and how might we best protect this resource? Unique properties of water that sustain life, ours and other cultures’ perspective of the value of water, water as a common good

Students– we encourage you or your team (with the permission of your team sponsor) to take on an some aspect of water you are passionate about, and have fun!

Dates to Remember

Registration

All participants must submit their application form by midnight Friday February 25, 2011

Submission Closing Date

All participants must submit a video of their piece by March 11, 2010. This can be dropped off in person or mailed to:
Wellington Water Watchers
c/o 10 Carden
Guelph ON
N1H 3A2
Please also include any specific requirements needed to display your submission. This will allow us to create the necessary display space and the necessary stage support that might be required at the E.L.Fox Auditorium.

Eligibility

Submission contestants must

• Be from a high school in Wellington County (in grades 9 – 12)
• Be either an individual or in a collaborative team from the same high school
• Have a team sponsor who is a full-time staff member from your school who can provide consent from school administration to participate
• Fill out the application form and submit by email at wellingtonwaterwatchers@gmail.com or by February 25, 2011

How to Enter

Create your submission

• All participants must submit their application form by midnight Friday February 25, 2011
• submit a video of the submission by March 11, 2011 and a list of any technical support that might be required to showcase your entry on our Celebrate World Water Day Event on Thursday March 24, 2011– to:
  Wellington Water Watchers
  c/o 10 Carden
  Guelph ON
  N1H 3A2

Submission Requirements

All submissions must

• Contain only original material ( may not contain any copyrighted material that you have not obtained the right to use, including photos, artwork, music, video clips, voices, etc.)
• NOT infringe or violate the rights of any third party — permission, licenses, releases, and waivers must be obtained from any third party (including, but not limited to all copyright holders, and all individuals appearing the submission) and any and all permissions, licenses, releases, and waivers must be sent in to Wellington Water Watchers when submitting your piece.
• NOT contain offensive language, gestures, or behaviour
• If the submission is a performance piece, it must be less than five-minutes long (pieces longer than five minutes will be disqualified).
• All performance pieces must be submitted as a video in .AVI or .MPG format
• We will try and accommodate all performances pieces such that they can be performed live on our Celebrate Water Day event on thursday March 24, 2011. Some limitations may happen due to technical requirements, in which case we will show your submitted video.
• All entrants must be ready to showcase their submission on Thursday March 24, 2011. All performance pieces will be required to be stage ready according to the schedule designed after the March 11th deadline.

Judging

All submissions will be reviewed by an external panel of judges. From the compiled submissions, several entries will be selected to form our touring “Water Festival”.

Submissions will be judged on:

• Articulation of Water issue (30 points)
• Creativity (20 points)
• Clarity of ideas and vision (20 points)
• Technical or artistic expertise (10 points)
• Suggestion of how to protect or conserve our water (20 points)

For any questions regarding the open call for submissions, please send an email to wellingtonwaterwatchers@gmail.com